Key findings: P6410 - Tourist accommodation, August 2014

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), total income for the tourist accommodation industry increased by 8,3% in August 2014 compared with August 2013.

Income from accommodation increased by 11,9% year-on-year in August 2014, the result of a 5,5% increase in the number of stay unit nights sold and a 6,1% increase in the average income per stay unit night sold.

In August 2014, the types of accommodation that recorded positive year-on-year growth rates in income from accommodation were guest-houses and guest-farms (14,5%), ‘other’ accommodation (12,7%) and hotels (11,6%).

The main contributors to the 11,9% year-on-year increase in income from accommodation in August 2014 were hotels (contributing 7,3 percentage points) and ‘other’ accommodation (contributing 3,9 percentage points).

Income from accommodation increased by 11,0% in the three months ended August 2014 compared with the three months ended August 2013. The main contributors to this increase were:

  • hotels (8,7% and contributing 5,6 percentage points); and
  • ‘other’ accommodation (15,6% and contributing 4,5 percentage points).